"With the declining numbers of bees, the cost of over 130 fruit and vegetable crops that we rely on for food is going up in price." While scientist Noah Wilson-Rich uses the plight of honey bees as the main focus of his presentation, this is actually a great resource to begin a discussion on what the future holds for urban agriculture. The presenter discusses a range of topics, from an overview of pollination and the challenges of habitat loss to the surprisingly higher yield of honey bees in urban areas as compared with rural locations.

Concepts

pollination, pollen

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Additional Tags

pollination, urban agriculture, environmental challenge, science

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Pros

• Presenter explains environmental concepts such as pollination and urban agriculture
• Flip the online lesson to add your own assessment questions and additional resources

Cons

• Supplement with more detailed information on environmental value of honey bees
• May need to front-load some vocabulary that is specific to agriculture and environmental concepts

Common Core

SL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.3 RST.9-10.9 RST.11-12.9